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swing state of hope. so, the latest polling out of north carolina, if it's any indication, you could see romney's demise in swing states has been great lly exaggerated. romney is now leading in north carolina by four percentage points. last week, we showed you another poll from the state which had the president ahead by two points. this is pretty incredible and nationally, our new poll shows the president ahead by three points. as you can see, that's within the margin of error. is this new momentum for the romney campaign going to be enough? ben and tara, good to see you. i know you have been out here, jen was out here saying on friday, look, we're always going to play like we're five points behind, but are you worried when you see polls like this? >> well, you know, we never thought we were going to win these battleground states by ten points. this has been a closer competitive race for the past year and a half. but you saw in the poll cnn had today in which the president has reraced mitt romney's edge o
swing state of hope. so, the latest polling out of north carolina, if it's any indication, you could see romney's demise in swing states has been great lly exaggerated. romney is now leading in north carolina by four percentage points. last week, we showed you another poll from the state which had the president ahead by two points. this is pretty incredible and nationally, our new poll shows the president ahead by three points. as you can see, that's within the margin of error. is this new...
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governor romney's response was to light on the notion that we should hire -- that we should help state and local governments keep teachers and firefighters and police on the job. he said we don't need any more teachers. we don't need any more teachers? 250,000 teachers have lost their jobs in the last couple of years. that is a dramatically bad news for the country. it's certainly not good news for our future. what planet is he living on where he thinks that we can take these kind of hits in our education system and progress as a country? >> let me move you on to something new jersey governor chris christie had to say specifically about the president's remark that the private sector is doing fine. >> he has the audacity to stand up this morning and say that it's the nation's governors and the national's mayors who are driving our economy down by not hiring enough people for government work? >> your response, david? >> well, that's not, of course, what the president said, and governor christie is doing his job as a kind of hit man out there for the republican party. what the president s
governor romney's response was to light on the notion that we should hire -- that we should help state and local governments keep teachers and firefighters and police on the job. he said we don't need any more teachers. we don't need any more teachers? 250,000 teachers have lost their jobs in the last couple of years. that is a dramatically bad news for the country. it's certainly not good news for our future. what planet is he living on where he thinks that we can take these kind of hits in...
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one other aspect of this that's very disturbing is in the second debate with mitt romney, he stated well, i called it an act of terror in the rose garden on september 12th. he didn't, to start with, and second of all, we didn't know until after the election that on "60 minutes" he said quote, on that same day, it's too early to know exactly how this came about, what group was involved. so he either didn't tell the american people the truth in that debate or he didn't tell "60 minutes" the truth. one of the two. >> let's cut to the quick on some of this, because you've gone after very hard ambassador rice. the u.n. ambassador. she has maintained a position of acting in good faith on cia intelligence briefings. that is what led her to say what she said on the morning television show on that sunday. >> i know this. on the same day when she was at all of these different sunday shows, sent out by the white house and with talking points from the white house, the show i was on, "face the nation," immediately after she gave her standard statement there, they -- bob schieffer had the president of
one other aspect of this that's very disturbing is in the second debate with mitt romney, he stated well, i called it an act of terror in the rose garden on september 12th. he didn't, to start with, and second of all, we didn't know until after the election that on "60 minutes" he said quote, on that same day, it's too early to know exactly how this came about, what group was involved. so he either didn't tell the american people the truth in that debate or he didn't tell "60...
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>> open dissent over mitt romney for u.s. secretary of state? >> we don't even know if he voted for donald trump. >> cnn newsroom starts now. >> hello, thank you so much for watching, i'm
>> open dissent over mitt romney for u.s. secretary of state? >> we don't even know if he voted for donald trump. >> cnn newsroom starts now. >> hello, thank you so much for watching, i'm
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of the united states and our allies. how do you respond to that? >> well, that's just completely wrong. what has happened over the last many years in the past prior to this administration was north korea would behave badly and they were rewarded for their bad behavior with being taken off the terrorist list or food aid or what have you. this administration has given north korea nothing. and they won't be getting food aid as a consequence of violating their agreement. instead, we've imposed the toughest sanctions to date on north korea. we just enhanced them today in the security council with an agreement that not only strongly condemns the missile launch, but threatens further measures should there in fact be any further launches or nuclear test. and indeed today imposed additional sanctions. so the message that this administration has sent is, again, you will be judged by your actions not your words. there will be no rewards for bad behavior. if you break commitments you not only will get nothing, you will get increasin
of the united states and our allies. how do you respond to that? >> well, that's just completely wrong. what has happened over the last many years in the past prior to this administration was north korea would behave badly and they were rewarded for their bad behavior with being taken off the terrorist list or food aid or what have you. this administration has given north korea nothing. and they won't be getting food aid as a consequence of violating their agreement. instead, we've...
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this is not a great deal for the united states. >> mitt romney tweeted that he thinks the president should stay in. >> there aren't many members of congress in the republican party, if any, that i'm aware of. >> lindsey graham. >> i'm not one of them. the reason i think it's a bad deal it costs the united states a lot of money and costs the united states a lot in terms of making a commitment to something that even a democratic congress with a newly minted democratic president barack obama in 2009 couldn't achieve. the steady march towards restriction of the emission of greenhouse gases was something they couldn't achieve in 20 oat. something president obama could have submitted to the senate but he didn't because he knew the will was there to exist. >> if we pull out u.s. is following the lead of syria and nicaragua? >> no. we're in a different league from those countries. >> we would be standing with those two countries and not standing with the 195 others that feel it's important to be in the accord. >> the fact 195 other countries want to do something that's not in the interest of the u
this is not a great deal for the united states. >> mitt romney tweeted that he thinks the president should stay in. >> there aren't many members of congress in the republican party, if any, that i'm aware of. >> lindsey graham. >> i'm not one of them. the reason i think it's a bad deal it costs the united states a lot of money and costs the united states a lot in terms of making a commitment to something that even a democratic congress with a newly minted democratic...
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and in paul ryan's home state of wisconsin, another state romney hopes to keep in his basket, six points for the president there. same poll. six points for the president. how does this all play out? encouraging news for governor romney in florida. let's say hypothetically that one is trending his way and democrats don't dispute that. if we give that hypothetically to governor romney, north carolina as well, most democrats think is starting to trend out of their reach, just those two states, that would get romney to parity, 237 to 235. takes 270 to win. however, if those numbers in iowa and wisconsin hold, and the president keeps those in the blue column like they were in 2008, the president would take the lead at 253-235. what does that mean? battleground ohio right in the middle would be the biggest remaining battleground and if the president won those 18 electoral votes, it would put him over the top. so that is where essentially after that first debate, after that third debate, excuse me, heading into the final two weeks, battleground ohio, the biggest prize, still some others as thes
and in paul ryan's home state of wisconsin, another state romney hopes to keep in his basket, six points for the president there. same poll. six points for the president. how does this all play out? encouraging news for governor romney in florida. let's say hypothetically that one is trending his way and democrats don't dispute that. if we give that hypothetically to governor romney, north carolina as well, most democrats think is starting to trend out of their reach, just those two states,...
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stewart stevens, former chief strategist for mitt romney's campaign. we secretly call you guys mussina and stevens. it is a law firm or you know, logins and mussina or something. we love having you here. here at cnn, this is our electoral map showing biden currently leading in enough states to win the electoral college. we are one week out. a huge number of votes already cast. what are you looking at right now that could change the trajectory of the race? >> well, look, i would focus on florida and pennsylvania. but what is different now is that probably half the number in the election have been cast. this is an election unlike any we ever had. it more like states in oregon where everybody votes by mail. at a certain point you realize you won or lost and it is usually before the election day. what could happen the die could be cast. one candidate will have enough votes banked they would not be able to make it up. we will see. that is the thing. we are not heading towards election day. it is about noon on election day. >> you said he said about half of
stewart stevens, former chief strategist for mitt romney's campaign. we secretly call you guys mussina and stevens. it is a law firm or you know, logins and mussina or something. we love having you here. here at cnn, this is our electoral map showing biden currently leading in enough states to win the electoral college. we are one week out. a huge number of votes already cast. what are you looking at right now that could change the trajectory of the race? >> well, look, i would focus on...
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what mitt romney was good at, finding companies with fat and knocking fat off. that's very different than creating a whole industry of the future. there's bag difference between spawning new technologies and starting a new kind of stationary store. >> all right, one final question. this is on the deficit. four years ago, the president made a promise he would cut the deficit in half by the first term. he has not kept his promise. >> the president when he made that promise didn't know what he was going to inherit. he didn't know the economy was going to go into free fall and the situation was -- as a consequence, it's taken us longer to work our way out than it otherwise would have. first priority is jobs that will get this economy growing and part of that is putting in place a framework that will give people the sense these debts are under control. and that's absolutely something the president would have done if the congress had been prepared to cooperate with them around the time of the great debt limit struggle. it's something they've been looking to do during
what mitt romney was good at, finding companies with fat and knocking fat off. that's very different than creating a whole industry of the future. there's bag difference between spawning new technologies and starting a new kind of stationary store. >> all right, one final question. this is on the deficit. four years ago, the president made a promise he would cut the deficit in half by the first term. he has not kept his promise. >> the president when he made that promise didn't know...
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mitt romney at 40%. so, when you lock at those numbers, don't you think there could be some down ballot effect? meaning affecting tommy thompson race? >> look, every state is different. i can tell you that in new hampshire, the governor's race is being boosted by a strong romney race, which is now ahead of obama. so every state's got to look and deal with their issues. separately. i'm not going to get into individual senate races around the country. i'm here to talk about what's wrong with america with the president that's failed his people and with a president who is now scrambling to define some kind of a policy that makes some sense with the horrible economic situation that we have. >> i know you keep trying to make this a go on the economy. i understand the frustration. >> you don't think it is? erin, how can you tell me it's not the economy? >> i'm not saying it's not. i'm not disagreeing with you on at, i'm saying that hasn't been the issue that has gotten all of the discussion, o on this, the 47%
mitt romney at 40%. so, when you lock at those numbers, don't you think there could be some down ballot effect? meaning affecting tommy thompson race? >> look, every state is different. i can tell you that in new hampshire, the governor's race is being boosted by a strong romney race, which is now ahead of obama. so every state's got to look and deal with their issues. separately. i'm not going to get into individual senate races around the country. i'm here to talk about what's wrong...
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romney didn't even win the state. >> it's easy to pin this on the gop because the gop has a reputation of being like -- that we're not -- we're a country club. we're like an elitist organization -- >> i'm basing it upon the facts. >> here's the deal. go ahead and say that the gop, that the florida gop, that's their mission. it's not. and it's easy to pin that on us when that's what you're saying. >> i have asked republicans across the country give me one example of trying to expand the right to vote or access to the ballot across the country. i have yet to hear them give me one example. 50 states. >> saving money, what does that have to do with suppressing black voters or minority voters? saving money, that's for everyone. >> but you talk about an election where you want more people voting, then you can say we know it's every four years, you set money aside. >> what about the third party voting? when you go to a mall or somewhere that's not a specific polling place to register and it takes now -- now with rick scott, what the governor did, it takes 48 hours. it's before you could sit o
romney didn't even win the state. >> it's easy to pin this on the gop because the gop has a reputation of being like -- that we're not -- we're a country club. we're like an elitist organization -- >> i'm basing it upon the facts. >> here's the deal. go ahead and say that the gop, that the florida gop, that's their mission. it's not. and it's easy to pin that on us when that's what you're saying. >> i have asked republicans across the country give me one example of...
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if romney can't win north carolina, he's going to be in deep, deep trouble because that's a state, i assumed was going to be going for the republican candidate this time. maybe, you know, holding the democratic convention in charlotte energized that democratic base in north carolina. maybe that will rereally help them. i'm sort of surprised to a certain degree he's slightly ahead in north carolina right now according to that nbc poll. >> wolf blitzer, thanks so much. see you in 55 minutes from now. thanks so much. >>> early voting already under way in the swing state of iowa. cnn's john king is there. >> we thank you you ever so much for coming. >> reporter: mind made up and ballot cast, 40 days early. this opening day line is in iowa city. >> here we go! >> reporter: this one in des moines. >> scan it under the red light for me, please. >> reporter: iowa's early voting part of an important and growing national trend. 35 states now allow some form of early in person voting, including seven of the nine presidential battlegrounds cnn ranks as tossups. in iowa, the early numbers and ear
if romney can't win north carolina, he's going to be in deep, deep trouble because that's a state, i assumed was going to be going for the republican candidate this time. maybe, you know, holding the democratic convention in charlotte energized that democratic base in north carolina. maybe that will rereally help them. i'm sort of surprised to a certain degree he's slightly ahead in north carolina right now according to that nbc poll. >> wolf blitzer, thanks so much. see you in 55 minutes...
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would romney do that? think even if i don't agree with this president, i feel responsibility to do this? what do you think? i think romney said he's interested and this actually, it's country trumping party. i think it's the president-elect putting the country first, and he said from the beginning he wants to bring people together from his election night speech to the press conference with president obama to everything he's done since then. you've seen move after move he is saying i want to bring the country together. to bring one of your staunchest opponents and even having that conversation sessions a huge thing about what kind of man donald trump is and what kind of president he's going to be. >> what does that look like? i understand some people will make the comparison of barack obama and hillary clinton, and, yes, they had their differences and campaigned on them for the iraq war, but i am imagine mitt romney as secretary of state and can see a moment where he is very much in disagreement fundamental
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if it came to that. >> mitt romney is not going to be president of the united states. >> let me ask you -- >> i think everybody knows that. >> the president has put out his -- by law he had to put out a response to detail what its cut and what doesn't get cut under what we call sequestration when you just mandate across the board cuts in both sides of the ledger. the republicans have complained repeatedly that there is no presidential leadership on this. in treeing to get republicans to avoid this fiscal cliff. >> well, the president has basically said yesterday. i received a call from him saying we really do have to have an agreement chshgs i fully agree with, and the must have -- do everything we can to find common ground. that's what we did one year ago. more than a year ago in july, august of last year on the president worked very hard with the speaker to come out with a bipartisan agreement that was a big design and deficit reduction. house and senate democrats said mr. president, we're with you on this. he agreed to it. the republicans walked away. i mean, the image that we have i
if it came to that. >> mitt romney is not going to be president of the united states. >> let me ask you -- >> i think everybody knows that. >> the president has put out his -- by law he had to put out a response to detail what its cut and what doesn't get cut under what we call sequestration when you just mandate across the board cuts in both sides of the ledger. the republicans have complained repeatedly that there is no presidential leadership on this. in treeing to...
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does he have the power to bring so 10, 15 republican senators to meet a ben sasse or meet a mitt romney and come up with 17 senators or not, and he's going to be poker-faced for a long time. let's just hope that he's earnestly going to listen to the information and do what's best for the country, not whatty he thinks is best for the republican party in the future. >> rob portman signing right now, and then they will get up to the letter "jack reed" of rhode island will sign. they are getting close to the end. what do you make of the fact that this very chamber, the u.s. capitol, capitol hill was actually the scene of this crime on january 6th, some 20 days ago. >> i think, wolf, that the crime scene is going to be a term -- the new term used over and over again because it is quite surreal. the fact that opentives or senators, people working in the capitol, the police could end up being witnesses for all of this. it makes it -- you know, they are going to be in the chambers rethinking what transpired on that heinous january 6th of 2021. they will be thinking about the blood on donald tru
does he have the power to bring so 10, 15 republican senators to meet a ben sasse or meet a mitt romney and come up with 17 senators or not, and he's going to be poker-faced for a long time. let's just hope that he's earnestly going to listen to the information and do what's best for the country, not whatty he thinks is best for the republican party in the future. >> rob portman signing right now, and then they will get up to the letter "jack reed" of rhode island will sign....
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jim, let me ask, barbara talked about mitt romney wants to talk about his tax plan. i'm sure that the president wants to talk about mitt romney's tax plan too. specifically that promise to cut taxes for everybody in a revenue-neutral way. >> well, look. i think the american people would love to hear mitt romney talk about his tax plan and share more details. because we saw in the "new york times" this morning -- well, this is a little unrelated but i still want to touch on it. that mitt romney has benefited financially from his own investments in the time he had at bain. that's something he has been telling the american people something very different on. and when it comes to his own tax plan, you know, he hasn't provided any specifics. the arithmetic just doesn't add up. paul ryan had the opportunity to speak to it this weekend and said he didn't have time to do that. so there are a lot of questions out there. we would love to know how he's going to pay for $5 trillion tax plan for millionaires and billionaires and not leave the burden on the middle class. >> barbar
jim, let me ask, barbara talked about mitt romney wants to talk about his tax plan. i'm sure that the president wants to talk about mitt romney's tax plan too. specifically that promise to cut taxes for everybody in a revenue-neutral way. >> well, look. i think the american people would love to hear mitt romney talk about his tax plan and share more details. because we saw in the "new york times" this morning -- well, this is a little unrelated but i still want to touch on it....
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united states. does this show on behalf of the president a casual attitude about the possible threats posed by russia? >> well, i think at the very least it shows some level of ignorance here in terms of russian interests in the region and what they're up to, even regionally across europe. i mean, look, this is a nation that is working against our interests in syria, and they have done precious little, if anything, really, to go after the isis threat. so, i simply don't buy the argument that, oh, we're going to share some sensitive information with them related to isis in the region in the hopes they're going to intensify their efforts against this terrorism group. that doesn't make any sense at all and they're not really interested in that anyway. they're only interested in propping up the assad regime. so that this was sensitive information compartmentalized alone should be worrisome to everybody. that it was shared with russia, of all nations, should really be worrisome. and then the third thing
united states. does this show on behalf of the president a casual attitude about the possible threats posed by russia? >> well, i think at the very least it shows some level of ignorance here in terms of russian interests in the region and what they're up to, even regionally across europe. i mean, look, this is a nation that is working against our interests in syria, and they have done precious little, if anything, really, to go after the isis threat. so, i simply don't buy the argument...
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the united states was, in fact, born in honolulu. he's not yet convinced, donald trump. i suspect at some point down the road he will be. >> okay. wolf, who are you talking to today? >> i'm talking to ambassador susan rice, the united states ambassador to the united nations about syria. she's got a lot on her plate, obviously. a lot going on. this situation is going from bad to worse. as you know, the slaughter continues and here's the key question and we'll go in depth on this. is the united states preparing a military option to end the slaughter once and for all? is that happening? is it not happening? will the u.s. do there what the u.s. and nato allies did in libya? is the u.s. getting ready to do what it did in kosovo and bosnia like the 1990s or not do much militarily? i remember going to rwanda in 1998 with then president bill clinton. he says the biggest regret of his presidency was he saw the reports coming in about hundreds of thousands of people being slaughtered in rwanda and burundis and he didn't do anything. susan rice
the united states was, in fact, born in honolulu. he's not yet convinced, donald trump. i suspect at some point down the road he will be. >> okay. wolf, who are you talking to today? >> i'm talking to ambassador susan rice, the united states ambassador to the united nations about syria. she's got a lot on her plate, obviously. a lot going on. this situation is going from bad to worse. as you know, the slaughter continues and here's the key question and we'll go in depth on this. is...
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but why isn't the united states any closer to getting it? >>> gop candidate mitt romney got another compliment from president clinton today. this time, though -- maybe not much help. >>> and it's been about 24 hours. and nfl fans are still outraged by a call made by a replacement ref in last night's packer-seahawks game. even scott walker pleads he wants the refs back. and hey, they're in a union! what will it take? let's go "outfront." ♪ >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, obama vows he'll get the killers. today the president spent 24 minutes of his half-hour speech to the united nations talking about libya, the middle east and ambassador chris stevens. the speech, which was seen by american voters and viewers around the world, mentioned stevens 12 times. as the president paid tribute to him right from the start. >> chris stevens loved his work. he took pride in the country he served, and he saw dignity in the people that he met. and two weeks ago, he traveled to benghazi to review plans to establish a new cu
but why isn't the united states any closer to getting it? >>> gop candidate mitt romney got another compliment from president clinton today. this time, though -- maybe not much help. >>> and it's been about 24 hours. and nfl fans are still outraged by a call made by a replacement ref in last night's packer-seahawks game. even scott walker pleads he wants the refs back. and hey, they're in a union! what will it take? let's go "outfront." ♪ >>> good evening,...
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republicans are meeting in caucus as cross the state. the latest polls giving mitt romney a strong lead. >>> a big hard boiled egg recall to tell you about. a minnesota company is recalling about a million eggs that went to 34 states. the eggs could be tainted with list teara which can cause sometimes deadly infections. none of the eggs went straight to consumers. they're usually used by grocery chains and other stores in things like egg salad or on other prepared salads. for more information, go to fda.gov. >> the deep voiced host and founder of "soul train," friends and colleagues paid tribute to him today in harlem. and al sharpton hosted the event. he is, as well as singer row berta flack and others, honored cornelius for chafrging the way that america listened to soul and r&b cornelius decide tund of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> when mississippi governor haley barbour pardoned several convicted killers last month, lots of people were furious in that state about it. the decision to free the repeat drug drive, drunk driver who k
republicans are meeting in caucus as cross the state. the latest polls giving mitt romney a strong lead. >>> a big hard boiled egg recall to tell you about. a minnesota company is recalling about a million eggs that went to 34 states. the eggs could be tainted with list teara which can cause sometimes deadly infections. none of the eggs went straight to consumers. they're usually used by grocery chains and other stores in things like egg salad or on other prepared salads. for more...
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while romney's in the sunshine state, his running mate, congressman paul ryan, campaigns in another battleground, colorado. the day after the debate, romney joins his wingman in colorado as they start their final push towards election day. >> reporter: i'm poppy harlow in new york. a big week ahead for wall street. we'll get the first look at third quarter gdp, the broadest measure of economic growth here in the united states. the latest new home sales data will also be released, then the fed will announce its latest decision on interest rates on wednesday. then on the earnings front, a lot of companies reporting their numbers. we'll get quarterly results from at&t, caterpillar, apple, and facebook. that will garner a lot of attention since this will be facebook's second earnings report since going public. we'll keep an eye on that an all the week's business news for you. >>> i'm a.j. hammer. here is what we are watching. we are on wedding watch with justin timberlake and jessica biel in italy. plus i go one-on-one with whitney houston's cyst in law, pat houston, just as the houston family reali
while romney's in the sunshine state, his running mate, congressman paul ryan, campaigns in another battleground, colorado. the day after the debate, romney joins his wingman in colorado as they start their final push towards election day. >> reporter: i'm poppy harlow in new york. a big week ahead for wall street. we'll get the first look at third quarter gdp, the broadest measure of economic growth here in the united states. the latest new home sales data will also be released, then the...
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if romney were to lose one state, how much of a setback would it be? >> i think it would be a setback. they're saying, look, the opponents cannot chain the dynamics. in other words, it's already baked. but romney did win colorado and minnesota last time around. if he were to lose one of these states, particularly colorado, i think, a statement 1/2 some of his top campaign advisers are from that state, i think it will be a real problem, because people could make the claim, you don't have it locked up. by the way, you can't coalesce those most conservative voters around you which need to come out in a general election if republicans are to win. >> because all at least of these states -- minnesota, colorado and minnesota -- potentially battle grounds in a general election. listen to what santorum said today. >> i'm excited. we're kicking off the day in colorado. we have a big caucus tonight, and we'll head to minneapolis, and they have a caucus, and same thing, we're going to missouri half that. we'll be in st. louis tonight. and at least if you look at t
if romney were to lose one state, how much of a setback would it be? >> i think it would be a setback. they're saying, look, the opponents cannot chain the dynamics. in other words, it's already baked. but romney did win colorado and minnesota last time around. if he were to lose one of these states, particularly colorado, i think, a statement 1/2 some of his top campaign advisers are from that state, i think it will be a real problem, because people could make the claim, you don't have...
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on tuesday, does governor romney have a chance to win either of these states in the south? >> it's very tough because the other two have more of a natural base down there, however, he runs everywhere. he's going to run hard. he's got a national organization, appeal. the economy is the issue in matter what state you're in and he has a terrific message, plus, he's got the experience, know how and a plan. so yes, i think his message is resognating in the south. we'll see tuesday how well he does. he's on the path to the nomination. no question about that. >> a couple of days ago, speaker gingrich was saying i have to win or face the facts. today, he said i'm in all the way to tampa no matter what happens. >> somebody might have wrote him a check. might have been romney for all we know. but one thing we've learn ed is is that the polls released on friday have no bearing on what happens tuesday. we'll see ha what happens. i think that is a surprise to everybody that at least in the polling, he's running as strongly. >> he's going to do what he has done in every other state. bury
on tuesday, does governor romney have a chance to win either of these states in the south? >> it's very tough because the other two have more of a natural base down there, however, he runs everywhere. he's going to run hard. he's got a national organization, appeal. the economy is the issue in matter what state you're in and he has a terrific message, plus, he's got the experience, know how and a plan. so yes, i think his message is resognating in the south. we'll see tuesday how well he...
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states, mitt romney made up a lot of ground among female voters. but other nationwide polls that find obama holding on to his long time lead. >> right. >> what is going on and, again, women are so important. >> it is very important. i had a long e-mail conversation with a senior obama adviser about this late last night, actually, because they believe very strongly that this recent gallup poll which showed them tied with mitt romney and the battleground states on women is an outliar. they are ahead in all of those other polls as you point out with women substantially. they have been ahead anywhere between 7 and 11 points. women are the people that these candidates are going to be talking to tonight. it is not -- it is not that romney has to make up a huge deficit with women because he's winning with men. but what he has to do is gain some more women so, you know, so that he can -- he can win. george bush did it in 2004, for example, he still lost with women, not by a significant amount. he still won the election. so he's got to reduce that margin. s
states, mitt romney made up a lot of ground among female voters. but other nationwide polls that find obama holding on to his long time lead. >> right. >> what is going on and, again, women are so important. >> it is very important. i had a long e-mail conversation with a senior obama adviser about this late last night, actually, because they believe very strongly that this recent gallup poll which showed them tied with mitt romney and the battleground states on women is an...
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mitt romney and paul ryan and ann romney all came paining around the state. vice president biden will be there as well. and it's the sight of the final presidential debate on monday. let's go to our national political correspondent. romney and ryan have a rally this evening, hi, jim. >> one end of the i-4 corridor. the ultimate swing area for what is the ultimate swing state, and even though it's a little early, we're starting to hear the makingings of the closing arguments from both campaigns. president obama saying mitt romney doesn't have a core, and romney saying the president doesn't have a plan. >> while mitt romney prepared for his final debate with president obama, his running mate, paul ryan, travelled across florida testing out the campaign's message for the next battle to come. >> president obama is not telling you what his second term plan would be. he's not saying that he's offering anything new. all he is offering is four more years of the same. >> we have to work on a collaborative basis. >> another part of that swing state pitch can be found i
mitt romney and paul ryan and ann romney all came paining around the state. vice president biden will be there as well. and it's the sight of the final presidential debate on monday. let's go to our national political correspondent. romney and ryan have a rally this evening, hi, jim. >> one end of the i-4 corridor. the ultimate swing area for what is the ultimate swing state, and even though it's a little early, we're starting to hear the makingings of the closing arguments from both...
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a difference, put after the president's performance in the first debate, he lost momentum, now mitt romney is gaining momentum. >> not only did he lose momentum nationally, he's lost momentum in battle ground states right now. tomorrow night is the most important night of the election, we say that every week. i know we sound like a broken record. the fact of the matter, that is true. whoever turns in a strong performance tomorrow night might be able so per swaud some of the undecided voters to actually support them when it comes to voting in november. 16 days from today, 15 days from tomorrow, very little time to change people's minds. this will be seen by tens of millions of people across the count country. this is opportunity for someone to try to break. >> appreciate it. cnn is your choice for the third and final presidential debate. as mentioned the focus will be on foreign policy. live coverage begins monday, 7:00 eastern. . >>> cnn contributors are here to talk about the debate. okay, guys. the focus is on foreign policy. i find it interesting since foreign policy barely reg jerred f
a difference, put after the president's performance in the first debate, he lost momentum, now mitt romney is gaining momentum. >> not only did he lose momentum nationally, he's lost momentum in battle ground states right now. tomorrow night is the most important night of the election, we say that every week. i know we sound like a broken record. the fact of the matter, that is true. whoever turns in a strong performance tomorrow night might be able so per swaud some of the undecided...
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and, using state-of-the-art monitoring technologies, rigorous practices help ensure our operations are safe and clean for our communities and the environment. we're america's natural gas. >>> president barack obama and mitt romney are about to come face-to-face for their first presidential debate. it happens wednesday night in denver. both candidates have been practicing for the event and both campaigns are trying to lower expectations by presenting their candidate as the underdog. while the candidates prepare for the debate, their running mates are courting voters, as well, in critical battleground states. republican paul ryan is in new hampshire and ohio today and vice president joe biden is wrapping up a two-day swing through florida right now. right now, live pictures. he is holding a rally there and talking to supporters in ft. myers. >>> all right, now to a controversy over the legitimacy of voter registrations in florida. an election official in palm beach county tells cnn as many as 106 voter registration applications may be fraudulent containing false information and fake sign
and, using state-of-the-art monitoring technologies, rigorous practices help ensure our operations are safe and clean for our communities and the environment. we're america's natural gas. >>> president barack obama and mitt romney are about to come face-to-face for their first presidential debate. it happens wednesday night in denver. both candidates have been practicing for the event and both campaigns are trying to lower expectations by presenting their candidate as the underdog....
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no romney campaign ads, no romney campaigning in the state of pennsylvania. he went there to raise the money, but this poll, 49 for the president, 45% for governor romney. i want to show you why the campaign is increasingly confident going into the second debate and why it's so important. virginia and north carolina, the numbers there are getting better for governor romney. florida, getting better for romney. even ohio where the president still leads getting better for governor romney. ohio, colorado, and nevada now dead heats, improvements in the last week or so for governor romney. why do they like this in the romney campaign? this is the 2008 map. all of those states were carried by president obama. let's go back in time, 2001, all one, by george w. bush. all the way back to 2000, only iowa among those states went democratic. so the romney campaign believes the states that have a history of voting republican on election day of presidential politics are moving his way. they feel very good about that understanding the big debate tomorrow night could change t
no romney campaign ads, no romney campaigning in the state of pennsylvania. he went there to raise the money, but this poll, 49 for the president, 45% for governor romney. i want to show you why the campaign is increasingly confident going into the second debate and why it's so important. virginia and north carolina, the numbers there are getting better for governor romney. florida, getting better for romney. even ohio where the president still leads getting better for governor romney. ohio,...
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you'll see romney and gingrich campaigning those states over the next two or three days. then there's a little bit of a downtime, i guess you could say. nothing really until the 22nd of the month. that's our planned cnn presidential debate out in arizona, and then at the end of the month arizona and michigan hold primary contests, and both of those seem to favor romney a little bit. remember, he was born in michigan. his father was the popular governor there, and he has a lot have support in arizona as well. he has the backing of senator john mccain out there, and his stance on immigration may be more friendly to republicans in arizona. newt gingrich, he is looking ahead to super tuesday. he has ten states voting, including southern states like georgia and tennessee, where he thinks he can do better. susan. >> and as you said, it seems like mitt romney focused really when he won on president obama and not his opponents. it seemed like newt gingrich was really focussing on mitt romney, so it seems like romney is kind of pulling ahead and thinking ahead to battling the pres
you'll see romney and gingrich campaigning those states over the next two or three days. then there's a little bit of a downtime, i guess you could say. nothing really until the 22nd of the month. that's our planned cnn presidential debate out in arizona, and then at the end of the month arizona and michigan hold primary contests, and both of those seem to favor romney a little bit. remember, he was born in michigan. his father was the popular governor there, and he has a lot have support in...